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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index 05be2352fef8..e08a6ae7c0a4 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ # define __release(x) __context__(x,-1) # define __cond_lock(x,c) ((c) ? ({ __acquire(x); 1; }) : 0) # define __percpu __attribute__((noderef, address_space(3))) +# define __pmem __attribute__((noderef, address_space(5))) #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER # define __rcu __attribute__((noderef, address_space(4))) #else @@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *); # define __cond_lock(x,c) (c) # define __percpu # define __rcu +# define __pmem #endif /* Indirect macros required for expanded argument pasting, eg. __LINE__. */ @@ -473,6 +475,21 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s (volatile typeof(x) *)&(x); }) #define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*__ACCESS_ONCE(x)) +/** + * lockless_dereference() - safely load a pointer for later dereference + * @p: The pointer to load + * + * Similar to rcu_dereference(), but for situations where the pointed-to + * object's lifetime is managed by something other than RCU. That + * "something other" might be reference counting or simple immortality. + */ +#define lockless_dereference(p) \ +({ \ + typeof(p) _________p1 = READ_ONCE(p); \ + smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \ + (_________p1); \ +}) + /* Ignore/forbid kprobes attach on very low level functions marked by this attribute: */ #ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES # define __kprobes __attribute__((__section__(".kprobes.text"))) |
